US Defence Secretary James Mattis will seek to take the India-US defence ties to the next level during his visit to India this week, with discussion on F-16s and the security situation in the region likely to dominate the agenda. Firmly of the view that a stronger India — both in terms of military and economy — is in America’s national interest, Mattis
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Sushma Swaraj, touched upon subjects like climate change and in her speech as well. The main focus of her speech remained state-sponsored terrorism by Pakistan. New york: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj gave her second speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday. In her speech delivered in Hindi, Ms Swaraj sharply criticised Pakistan
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Colombo: Sri Lanka Cricket will send its team to Pakistan for a Twenty20 International match next month only after more security assessments. Cricket board chief executive Ashley de Silva said today that officials will continue to monitor security in Pakistan from the United Arab Emirates, where two Test matches, five One-day Internationals and two Twenty
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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan called on his Tamil Nadu counterpart Edappadi K. Palaniswami at the Secretariat here on Thursday. The meeting was termed a “courtesy call.” Replying to a query on inter-State water disputes, Mr. Vijayan said people from both the States were “brothers and sisters” and any dispute would be resolved through discussions
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Both boards to finalise the dates in the next few days The Indian cricket team will start its new year with a tour to South Africa, which is likely to commence on January 5 or 6 in Cape Town.
According to ‘ESPNCricinfo’, both the countries’ cricket boards — Cricket South Africa (CSA) and the BCCI — will finalise the dates of the matches over the next few days.
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The Congress vice-president expressed concern over the inability of the government to create jobs in India, which he felt was leading the country towards a dangerous situation. Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has said that intolerance and unemployment are the key issues that pose a serious challenge to India’s national security and development
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Gandhinagar, Sep 14 (PTI) India and Japan today committed to resist protectionism while making a strong case for rule based multilateral trading system for sustainable growth. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe held strategic discussions on a wide range of issues under the Special Strategic and Global Partnership between
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Amid widening international condemnation of India's plans to deport Rohingya Muslims who have escaped the violence against them in Western Myanmar, top officials of the government met in the Prime Minister's Office to review their strategy. The meeting last evening was called by Nripendra Misra, the top aide to Prime Minister Narendra Modi; the attendees
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Demonetisation starts with the intent of cleaning up black money. Second I was responsible for leading the RBI at that time and we give advice, the nature of the advice we gave, of course without going into the details which is private communication between the government and the RBI. The twin balance-sheet problem, GST and demonetisation have contributed
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This isn't the first time Army Chief General Bipin Rawat has spoken about the possibility of a two-front war, but the timing of his remarks indicate how sensitive the Army remains to the situation with China. A week after India and China ended their worst military confrontation in decades, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat has said that the possibility
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